by Michael Procopio

Wednesday was Day 1 for Universe and cloud was the word on announcements. Here is a video of the HP Software Universe Press Conference.

Here are the official announcements, I’ll provide some comments on them in another post.

» HP Accelerates Cloud Computing Adoption for Businesses and Service Providers

» HP Helps Businesses Optimize Costs of Cloud Adoption

» HP Helps Telecoms Tap New $6.2 Billion Market: Communications as a Service for Midsize Businesses

» HP Extends Automation from In House to the Cloud

• HP Cloud Assure service: Assuring security, performance, and availability to enable business confidence in the cloud (1.25MB, PDF)


• Clarifying the cloud


• Clarifying the cloud hype


• HP Cloud Consulting Services


• HP Software as a Service


• HP Operations Orchestration


• HP SiteScope


• HP Diagnostics 

The Cloud and your Applications:  What is the Impact on Application Management? (Free webinar)

Are your applications doing what they are suppose to be doing?  Can you confidently answer the question, are you cloud assure when it comes to your critical business applications?  Cloud computing, tiered applications, Software as a Service (SaaS) – all add complexity and make that question more difficult to answer.

Customers are finding more business service problems. The result: customer satisfaction and retention is at risk. The good news is that despite declining budgets, you can reduce downtime, increase service levels, and improve user experience quality. 

Hear EMA Research Director Julie Craig share the early results of a recent market research survey.  You’ll also hear from HP Product Marketing Manager Amy Feldman, who will share customer best practices and success stories.

Date:  Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Time:  6am PST/9am EST/2pm UK

Learn how you can become more cloud confident by registering for this free webinar at http://www.enterprisemanagement.com/research/asset.php?id=1593

Thanks

Amy Feldman

Product Marketing - HP Business Availability Cente
HP Software and Solutions